Abstract
This study aimed to know the attitudes of physicians toward abortion of fetuses with severe disabilities in Jordan, where the attitudes is investigated by taking into account six variables (gender, age, major, years of experience, workplace, and marital status). In order to achieve the aims of this study, a questionnaire of attitudes toward abortion of fetuses with severe disabilities were used to collect data from 199 physicians. The results showed that the arithmetic mean of physicians toward abortion of fetuses with severe Disabilities in Jordan in total degree was in intermediate degree with arithmetic mean (2.01) and standard deviation (0.28). Also it indicated that there no statistically significant differences between the physicians in the attitudes toward abortion of fetuses with severe disabilities due to gender, age, and the workplace. But there are statistically significant differences between physicians in the attitudes due to major, years of experience, and marital status.
Highlights
The subject of abortion is one of the topics studied from several dimensions: Medical, social, psychological, religious, and even legislative statutory dimension
There are restrictions governing the issue of abortion especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as Dabash and Roudi-Fahimi 2008 mentioned: laws may require the authorization of several physicians or require the husband's approval, in addition to Physicians may lack knowledge of the law because it is unclear
Somayeh, Farideh, Baharak, and Javad (2016), this study aimed to evaluate the attitude of women of reproductive age towards induced abortion
Summary
The subject of abortion is one of the topics studied from several dimensions: Medical, social, psychological, religious, and even legislative statutory dimension. Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy (Shah, 2009; Sibomana, Byiringiro, Uwanyagasani, & Mpawenimana, 2013). There are restrictions governing the issue of abortion especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as Dabash and Roudi-Fahimi 2008 mentioned: laws may require the authorization of several physicians or require the husband's approval, in addition to Physicians may lack knowledge of the law because it is unclear
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